Ramadan Reminds Us that The World
A poem for Ramadan about the role of the holiday in reminding us of the the evanescence of our earthly existence. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube.
Rapture Comes Most Easily Within
A poem for Ramadan on the need for discipline to free oneself for prayer. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: No. 8 Requiem. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube.
Reason Is No Cause for Revelation
A poem for Ramadan about the need for revelation. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Turning Slowly. By Ogonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube.
Read the Holy Book as Though Asleep
A poem for Ramadan about appreciating not just the wisdom but also the beauty of the Koran. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Touching Moment. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube.
Righteousness Remains the Rock of Faith
A poem for Ramadan about the need for righteous behavior to sustain faith. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Immortality. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
Rights Are Not Equivalent to Freedom
A poem for Ramadan about how the individual shapes and is shaped by society. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Solo Cello Passion. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube.
Erase My Soul
A poem for Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr about the peace that comes from erasing oneself through prayer. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube.
Each Fast Is like a Cleansing of the Soul
A poem for Eid al-Fitr about the benefits of religious fasting. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: We Are the Rain. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
Eid Is Bittersweet
A poem for Eid Al-Fitr about the return to the mundane world. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Turning Slowly. By Ugonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube.
Every Moment Sings of Love and Beauty
A poem for Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Festival of the Sacrifice, about the need to let go of self if one is to be a gift. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
Right Action Is the Mother of Right Feeling
A Ramadan poem about the relationship between act and faith. © by Nicholas Gordon Video and Audio Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube.
Roam Anywhere You Wish, and Then Return
A Ramadan poem about the compatibility of secular learning and religious faith: Roam anywhere you wish, and then return. All you want to know, you ought to know. Maybe you're afraid that what you learn Apart from holy things will turn your head. Delight
Each Sacrifices What the Heart Loves Most
A poem for Eid al-Adha about love and sacrifice: Each sacrifices what the heart loves most, Imitating Abraham when he Delivered Isaac to the eternal host, Although with heavy heart, yet faithfully. Love does not grasp, but gives away all things, Aware o
Remember When You Fast to Take It Slow
A Ramadan poem about the need to experience the holy month slowly: Remember when you fast to take it slow, As prayer, worship, love, and faith take time. Mundane thoughts may quickly come and go; A deeper thought might well one's life define. Do, then, d
Estimated Wait Time Is Forever
A poem for Eid al-Fitr, which occurs at the end of Ramadan, about faith as a journey rather than a visitation. Estimated wait time is forever. In faith, The Moment neither comes nor goes. Does one dress one's thoughts in what seems clever, Allowing for a
Everything We Give Was Never Ours
A poem for Eid al-Adha about what it means to give a gift: Everything we give was never ours. It was a gift, as was life itself. Dependent as we are, like fragile flowers, An unborn soul is seed upon God's shelf. Let yourself then meditate on this: A sac